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To leave a small child high and dry?

496 replies

SewhereIam · 13/09/2021 13:33

I give a lift to a boy in my dd's class, and drop him off after school. They live 30 mins from school, so I drive 20 mins in the wrong direction and then 30 mins on to school, and the same in the afternoon. We live a 10 min drive from school so it adds 40 mins to our morning.

I don't pick up my dd one evening after school, and don't drop off the following morning, due to ex--p's access. The mother of the other child has said I still need to do her school run as she has no other way of him getting to or from school. He is reception aged.

The child is always ready on time and is a lovely little boy, but nothing is contributed towards petrol etc and, while I don't expect it, I thought it was a short term thing while she sorted out suitable transport. It turns out I seem to be that suitable transport and she expects this for the rest of the school year!

I feel bad for saying that I will not collect her child.

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Raindancer411 · 14/09/2021 20:04

@SewhereIam Is the child in a proper car seat? If not, just say you cannot give a lift as it's illegal to take kids in a car without one.

But you owe her nothing. It's down to her to find a way to get HER son there or find a closer school?

Imnothereforthedrama · 14/09/2021 20:16

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LimitIsUp · 14/09/2021 20:45

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evie34 · 14/09/2021 21:34

😱

Marcee · 14/09/2021 22:33

Update?

Battlingongraciously · 15/09/2021 12:34

Any response from the OP?

itsgrand · 15/09/2021 13:25

she's off doing the school run Grin

TopBlogger · 15/09/2021 22:48

@MNHQ have told me they are a genuine poster, which makes her drop and run post even stranger!

flibberyjibbery8 · 15/09/2021 22:51

It's fairly outing, so that might be why.

Lockdownbear · 16/09/2021 13:51

She maybe got the message she was being daft and didn't want it to turn into a saga.

DancesWithTortoises · 16/09/2021 15:41

@flibberyjibbery8

It's fairly outing, so that might be why.
Maybe it's all the doubting Thomasinas implying it's made up.

Troll hunters really need to mind their own business. Report and fuck off, if you have to. Don't ruin the thread with your sly snipes.

It makes you look like a curtain twitcher.

WitchBaby · 16/09/2021 15:48

[quote TopBlogger]@MNHQ have told me they are a genuine poster, which makes her drop and run post even stranger![/quote]
@MNHQ
usually come onto a thread after posters have reported it, to say it’s genuine don’t they?

Mymapuddlington · 16/09/2021 15:49

She’s being held hostage by small child’s mother until she signs a contract in blood saying she will be the child’s personal chauffeur forever.

Battlingongraciously · 16/09/2021 22:43

About time this thread was removed now.

TopBlogger · 16/09/2021 23:27

@WitchBaby yes sometimes they do. But this was an email they sent to me when I asked them (twice) if the poster was genuine

PyongyangKipperbang · 17/09/2021 00:01

@Battlingongraciously

About time this thread was removed now.
Or about time the troll hunters fucked off.
LimitIsUp · 17/09/2021 09:07

Jesus, calm down Pyong, No need for that

DancesWithTortoises · 17/09/2021 11:50

Troll hunters are infinitely more annoying than trolls.

Like school sneaks. Grow up, report and say nowt. That's the adult way.

TopBlogger · 18/09/2021 21:22

@DancesWithTortoises

Troll hunters are infinitely more annoying than trolls.

Like school sneaks. Grow up, report and say nowt. That's the adult way.

Rubbish. Troll hunters wouldnt even be a thing, it troll werent wasting our time posting lies
DancesWithTortoises · 21/09/2021 11:50

All you need to do is report to MN. No need for a smug post claiming it's a troll.

Makes people look a bit daft when they do that.

JamieNorthlife · 23/09/2021 17:43

Just checking for updates.....

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